The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, Barinada Mpigi, is dead.
He was 64.
A source confirmed the lawmaker’s demise to Peoples Gazette on Thursday. Details surrounding the circumstances of his death were not immediately disclosed as of the time of filing this report.
Naija News reports that the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Works, Akin Alabi, also confirmed the sad development in a tribute post on his official 𝕏 handle on Thursday.
He wrote, “Good night my dear friend. Rest in Peace, Senator Mpigi Barinada. Sen Mpigi represented Rivers South East in the Senate”.
Born on June 23, 1961, Mpigi represented Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the Senate until his passing.
He began his legislative journey in 2011 when he was elected into the House of Representatives. He was subsequently re-elected in 2016 for a second term.
In 2019, he moved to the Senate after winning election to represent Rivers South-East Senatorial District on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
During the Ninth Assembly, Mpigi was appointed chairman of a joint Senate committee established to investigate crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region – a development that placed him at the centre of legislative efforts to address oil-related economic sabotage.
As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, he also played a key role in oversight of federal infrastructure projects across the country.
